Urban Flooding in Bengaluru: Is Poor Infrastructure to Blame?
When 20 Minutes of Rain Bring a Global City to a Standstill..... Urban Flooding in Bengaluru: Is Poor Infrastructure to Blame? Bengaluru, often celebrated as India's Silicon Valley, is a city synonymous with innovation, technology, and rapid urban growth. Yet, every monsoon season, the city tells a different story. A brief spell of rain—sometimes lasting no more than twenty minutes—is enough to inundate roads, paralyze traffic, disrupt businesses, damage vehicles, and put lives at risk. For a city that aspires to be a global technology hub, such recurring disruptions raise an important question: Is heavy rainfall solely responsible for Bengaluru's flooding, or is poor infrastructure the real culprit? While climate change has undoubtedly intensified rainfall patterns across the world, Bengaluru's urban flooding is largely a human-made problem. The city has witnessed rapid expansion over the last two decades, but its infrastructure has failed to evolve at the same pace. Inade...